Comunicado di Prensa Business count Aruba, 2003 Oranjestad, 12 Augustus 2005 - E publicacion “ Business count Aruba, 2003” ta riba mercado. E conteo di establecimento a tuma lugar durante lunanan September y Oktober di 2003. Esaki tawata e di 3 conteo di establecimento teni na Aruba. E pen-ultimo conteo a tuma lugar na aña 1995. Den un periodo di 6 siman un team consistiendo di 34 entrevistador a bishita tur establecimento economicamente activo na Aruba. E raport actual aki ta presenta e resultadonan di e estudio aki y ta duna un descripcion di e caractersiticanan di compania, establecimento y trahador. Unda cu tawata posibel comparacionnan a wordo haci cu e situacion na 1995. For di e tabel aki bou por observa cu den e sector di "Wholesale and retail trade" tin e cantidad mas grandi di establecimento (28.2%), sigui pa "Real estate, renting and business activities" y "Hotel and restaurants", cu 16.2 porciento y 12.5porciento respectivamente . E sectornan "Real estate, renting and business activities", "Other community, social and personal service" y "Hotels and restaurants" ta mustra e crecimiento mas grandi den cantidad di establecimentonan durante e ultimo ocho añanan. For di e tabel por ripara cu e porcentahe di establecimento pa sector economico no a varia hopi entre 1995 y 2003. Table 2 : Establishments by economic sector, 1995 and 2003 (pagina 21) Establishments Economic sector Business count 2003 Frequency Percentage Business count 1995 Frequency Percentage Relative Growth A. Agriculture, hunting and forestry 25 0.5% 16 0.4% 56.3% B. Fishing 15 0.3% 29 0.8% -48.3% -66.7% C. Mining and quarrying D. Manufacturing E. Electricity, gas and water supply F. Construction 1 0.0% 3 0.1% 240 4.8% 146 4.0% 64.4% 6 0.1% 3 0.1% 100.0% 225 4.5% 231 6.4% -2.6% 1,410 28.2% 1,253 34.5% 12.5% H. Hotels and restaurants 624 12.5% 391 10.8% 59.6% I. Transport, storage and communications 588 11.7% 453 12.5% 29.8% J. Financial intermediation 131 2.6% 94 2.6% 39.4% K. Real estate, renting and business activities 812 16.2% 509 14.0% 59.5% 1 0.0% 2 0.1% -50.0% M. Education 38 0.8% 21 0.6% 81.0% N. Health and social work 259 5.2% 121 3.3% 114.0% O. Other community, social and personal service 603 12.0% 364 10.0% 65.7% Unknown 29 0.6% 0 0.0% - 100% 3,636 100% 37.7% G. Wholesale and retail trade L. Public administration and defence Grand Total 5,007 Source: CBS Business count 1995 and CBS Business count 2003 Table 2 : Establishments by economic sector and size (pagina 92) Economic sector A. Agriculture, hunting and forestry B. Fishing C. Mining and quarrying D. Manufacturing E. Electricity, gas and water supply F. Construction G. Wholesale and retail trade H. Hotels and restaurants I. Transport, storage and communications J. Financial intermediation K. Real estate, renting and business activities L. Public administration and defence M. Education N. Health and social work O. Other community, social and personal service Unknown Grand Total Source: CBS Business count 2003 Size of establishment by number of employees Large Small & Medium Total 1 0 0 8 2 23 22 33 6 8 24 1 4 2 11 0 24 15 1 232 4 202 1,388 591 582 123 788 0 34 257 592 29 25 15 1 240 6 225 1,410 624 588 131 812 1 38 259 603 29 145 4,862 5,007 Aunque e cantidad di establecimento grandi ta hopi menos cu esunnan mediano y chikito, nan ta hopi importante pa e economia di Aruba. E establecimentonan aki ta conta cu 50 of mas empleadon. E establecimentonan aki ta 2.8% di e total cantidad di establecimento na Aruba, pero di otro banda ta emplea 48.5% di tur trahadornan na Aruba. E sector "Hotels and restaurants" ta conta cu 33 establecimento grandi y ta emplea 5,666 persona. E sector aki ta tambe e sector cu mas trahador laborando. E sector "Wholesale and retail trade" al contrario tin 80% di su empleadonan laborando den establecimentonan mediano o chikito. Table 4 : Number of employees by economic sector and size of establishment (pagina 93) Size of establishment by number of employees Economic sector A. Agriculture, hunting and forestry B. Fishing C. Mining and quarrying D. Manufacturing E. Electricity, gas and water supply F. Construction G. Wholesale and retail trade H. Hotels and restaurants I. Transport, storage and communications J. Financial intermediation K. Real estate, renting and business activities L. Public administration and defence M. Education * N. Health and social work O. Other community, social and personal service Unknown Grand Total Source: CBS Business count 2003 Large Small & Medium Total 75 0 0 1,364 385 1,951 1,690 5,666 996 648 3,559 89 1,115 1,157 1,109 0 167 41 0 1,325 88 1,464 6,691 3,184 1,147 721 3,395 0 187 928 1,584 44 242 41 0 2,689 473 3,415 8,381 8,850 2,143 1,369 6,954 89 1,302 2,085 2,693 44 19,804 20,966 40,770 * The latter is the result of involving the subsidized and public schools in the 2003 Business count, whereas in the former these institutions were left out. Table 5 : Establishments, companies and branches, 1995 and 2003 (pagina 123) Type of unit Business count 2003 Business count 1995 Frequency Percentage Frequency Percentage Establishments 5,007 100% 3,636 96% Companies 4,372 87.3% 3,333 91.7% Branches / Supporting establishment 635 12.7% 150 4.1% Branches per 1000 companies 145 45 Source: CBS Business count 1995 and CBS Business count 2003 Na final di aña 2003 CBS a conta un total di 5,007 establecimento, cu tawata consisti di 4,372 compania y 635 branch. E cantidad di establecimento compara cu 1995 a subi di 3,636 pa 5,007 un aumento di 38%. E cantidad di branch a subi di 150 pa 635, un aumento di 323%. Cu e tres ehempelnan menciona CBS kier a duna un indicacion breve di e contenido di e publicacion “Business count Aruba, 2003”. CBS ta spera cu e informacion aki lo aporta na informacionnan busca y uza pa e comunidad y cu asina por duna sosten na e desaroyo di Aruba. 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